Illo Traditional Market
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Getting there · Parking
The market has its own parking lot. No public parking lots are registered within 700 m. Please share parking tips in your visit report.
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About the market
- History
- Opened in 2005.
- Type
- A permanent market open every day, with an extra open-air market on dates ending in 1·6.
- Shops
- About 56 permanent shops (not counting market-day stalls)
- What's sold
- Agricultural products, Livestock products, Seafood, Processed foods, Clothing, Shoes, Household goods, Restaurants
- Facilities
- Parking: yes · Public restroom: yes
Source: Public Data Portal, National Traditional Market Standard Data
🌾 Muan-gun specialties
These are local specialties. It doesn't mean this market sells them right now. (Registered Geographical Indications)
Source: Geographical Indications of the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs) and the National Fishery Products Quality Management Service (Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries)
🗺️ Market and sightseeing · Suggested route
Markets are busiest in the morning. This is a rough route based on straight-line distance, starting at the market and moving farther out. Check real roads and times with the directions for each leg.
- 🧺Illo Traditional MarketMorning · Browse the market, have lunch at the food stalls
- 🚗 7.9km straight-line · about 15 min by car (estimate) Get directions1Dancing Sea Fountain
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2010, with offshore stage performances planned from October 2021.
- 👀 HighlightsWatch media art over the sea that combines music, fountains, lasers and a water screen.
- 💡 Good to knowIt operates from April to November; parking for up to 80 cars, with a tourist information center and restrooms.
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목포춤추는바다분수는 매년 4월부터 11월까지 8개월간 목포 평화광장 앞바다에서 음악과 분수, 워터스크린, 레이저, 빔프로 젝트를 이용한 미디어 아트 작품을 선보이고 있다. 목포춤추는바다분수는 수반길이 150m, 높이 13.5m, 최대분사 높이 70m의 세계최초 초대형 부유식 바다음악분수이다. 이에 더해 2021년 10월부터는 바다분수 앞에 설치한 해상무대에서 불꽃과 바다분수가 어우러진 환상적인 해상공연을 펼칠 예정이다.
- Designated a tourist site in 2010
- Parking for 80 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms, Parking, Tourist information center
- Contact 061-270-8580
- 🚗 1.2km straight-line · about 5 min by car (estimate) Get directions2Mokpo Natural History Museum
- 👀 HighlightsEnjoy an augmented reality photo studio, a dinosaur egg hatching AR game and a pond ecosystem VR experience.
- 💡 Good to knowUp to 450 cars can park, and there is a souvenir shop and snack bar.
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지구 46억년 자연사를 볼 수 있는 곳으로 다양한 생명체와 관람객이 공존하는 증강현실 사진관 체험, 박물관에 잠든 공룡알 화석을 부화시키는 게임형 AR 체험, 수생 생물이 살고 있는 연못 생태계 위를 거니는 콘텐츠등 다양한 VR, AR콘텐츠와 영상쇼를 제공한다
- Designated a tourist site in 2003
- Parking for 450 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms, Parking, Museum, Snack shop
- Contact 061-274-3655
- 🚗 2.9km straight-line · about 5 min by car (estimate) Get directions3Kim Dae-jung Nobel Peace Prize Memorial Hall
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2013, it lets you explore the achievements and life of former President Kim Dae-jung.
- 👀 HighlightsHighlights include an Oslo award ceremony experience, a photo zone at the Nobel Peace Prize podium and a presidential office experience space.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 10 cars, with a souvenir shop, cafeteria and restrooms.
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김대중 前대통령의 업적 및 걸어온 길을 살펴볼 수 있는 곳이다. 평화의 메시지 보내기, 노르웨이 오슬로 시상식장 체험, 노벨평화상 단상 포토존 및 대통령 집무실을 그대로 옮겨놓은 집무실 체험공간에서 대통령이 되어보는 체험을 할 수 있다
- Designated a tourist site in 2013
- Parking for 10 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms, Parking, Museum, Cafeteria
- Contact 061-245-5660
Source: National Tourist Attraction Standard Data
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📍 Nearby sights
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2004.
- 👀 HighlightsAt the largest white lotus habitat in Asia, look around the floating glass greenhouse and eco trails.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 563 cars, and you can also use the outdoor water park and auto campground.
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동양 최대의 백련서식지, 수상유리온실, 수생식물생태관, 생태탐방로, 야외물놀이장, 오토캠핑장 등 다양한 시설을 갖추고 있어 체험과 관광을 동시에 즐길수 있음
- Designated a tourist site in 2004
- Parking for 563 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms, Parking, Electricity, Phone and internet, Water supply, Ticket office, Auto campground, Performance hall
- Contact 061-450-5863
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2010, with offshore stage performances planned from October 2021.
- 👀 HighlightsWatch media art over the sea that combines music, fountains, lasers and a water screen.
- 💡 Good to knowIt operates from April to November; parking for up to 80 cars, with a tourist information center and restrooms.
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목포춤추는바다분수는 매년 4월부터 11월까지 8개월간 목포 평화광장 앞바다에서 음악과 분수, 워터스크린, 레이저, 빔프로 젝트를 이용한 미디어 아트 작품을 선보이고 있다. 목포춤추는바다분수는 수반길이 150m, 높이 13.5m, 최대분사 높이 70m의 세계최초 초대형 부유식 바다음악분수이다. 이에 더해 2021년 10월부터는 바다분수 앞에 설치한 해상무대에서 불꽃과 바다분수가 어우러진 환상적인 해상공연을 펼칠 예정이다.
- Designated a tourist site in 2010
- Parking for 80 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms, Parking, Tourist information center
- Contact 061-270-8580
- 📜 HistoryThe Yeongsanho Lake area, created when the Yeongsangang estuary bank was completed in 1981, was designated a tourist site in 1983.
- 👀 HighlightsExplore the Agricultural Museum, a rice culture theme park and a horse riding ground.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for 375 cars; a hanok hotel and a tourist hotel make it a good place to stay.
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1981년 영산강 하굿둑이 준공되면서 만들어진 인공호수인 영산호를 중심으로 조성된 휴양지이다.
- Designated a tourist site in 1983
- Parking for 375 cars
- Facilities: Management office, Restrooms, Parking, Tourist hotel
- Contact 061-462-2798
- 👀 HighlightsEnjoy an augmented reality photo studio, a dinosaur egg hatching AR game and a pond ecosystem VR experience.
- 💡 Good to knowUp to 450 cars can park, and there is a souvenir shop and snack bar.
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지구 46억년 자연사를 볼 수 있는 곳으로 다양한 생명체와 관람객이 공존하는 증강현실 사진관 체험, 박물관에 잠든 공룡알 화석을 부화시키는 게임형 AR 체험, 수생 생물이 살고 있는 연못 생태계 위를 거니는 콘텐츠등 다양한 VR, AR콘텐츠와 영상쇼를 제공한다
- Designated a tourist site in 2003
- Parking for 450 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms, Parking, Museum, Snack shop
- Contact 061-274-3655
Source: National Tourist Attraction Standard Data
Summaries were written by AI from public data and may contain mistakes. Please confirm important details in the original or on site.
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